Nikon N60 User Manual

About Focus and Ex osure
Focus, exposure and metering system are important factors for taking pictures.
Knowing the characteristics of each factor helps you widen your photographic
expression.
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Focus and depth of field
When focusing, depth of field should be considered. Depth of field is the zone of
sharpest focus
in front of and behind the subject on which the lens is focused. It
varies according to shooting distance, focal length and, above all, aperture.
Smaller apertures (larger f-numbers) will produce a deeper depth of field where
the background and foreground become sharper; larger apertures (smaller f-
numbers) will produce a shallower depth of field where the background becomes
blurred.
Exposure
Light from the subject passes through the lens and is sensed by the film. Light
reaching the film
is controlled by the shutter speed and aperture. The proper
combination of shutter speed and aperture for subject brightness and film
sensitivity results
in the correct exposure.
The N60/N60QD's General-Purpose Program, Auto-Multi Program and
Vari -
Program automatically control shutter speed and aperture.
In Shutter-Priority
Auto exposure mode, you can manually set shutter speed and the camera
automatically sets the proper aperture.
In Aperture-Priority Auto exposure mode,
you can manually set aperture and the camera automatically sets the proper
shutter speed.
In Manual exposure mode, you manually set both shutter speed
and aperture.
Metering System
As the proper combination of shutter speed and aperture for correct exposure is
determined according to subject brightness and film sensitivity, measuring
subject brightness
is very important.
In general, brightness inside the viewfinder is not uniform. The N60/N60QD
provides two metering systems: Matrix Metering and Center-Weighted Metering.
With Matrix Metering, data on scene brightness
is detected by the six-segment
Matrix sensor. With Center-Weighted Metering, most of the meter's sensitivity
is
concentrated on the 12mm-diameter center circle in the viewfinder.
(With D-type
AF Nikkor lens es, the N60/N60QD camera performs 3D Matrix
Metering. See page 48.)

Nikon N60 Specifications

General

Brand	Nikon
Model	N60
Category	Film Camera
Language	English